The Quilon River in India appears only once every 10 years and flows for a few days! Geologists discovered its water drains into underground cavities due to tectonic movements.

In Australia, Lake Hillier has bright pink water. The color comes from algae that produce a pigment, and it doesn’t fade even in a bottle! Scientists are still studying why the lake is so unique,...

The largest aquarium in the world, SEA Aquarium in Singapore, holds 45 million liters of water. It houses 100,000 marine animals, including sharks and rays. The main tank is so huge you can scuba d...

Adélie penguins have adapted to Antarctica’s cold by regulating heat through a fat layer.

Archaeological digs in Iraq revealed clay tablets with cuneiform writing from 5,000 years ago.

A small ‘sand hawk’ in the Arabian Desert dives into the sand. Its wings help it glide beneath the dunes.

In 2023, scientists “heard” a black hole’s signals for the first time. Using telescopes, they detected gravitational waves that sound like a low hum. This discovery confirmed Einstein’s the...

The smallest bird in the world, the bee hummingbird from Cuba, is just 5 cm long. It weighs less than 2 grams but can flap its wings 80 times per second! These tiny creatures feed on nectar and loo...

In Sweden, there’s an ice hotel in Jukkasjärvi village that gets rebuilt every year. It’s entirely made of ice and snow, including beds and the bar, with temperatures inside never rising above...

The chemical element fluorine is the most reactive of all, reacting even with noble gases under specific conditions.

Ice on the Taylor Glacier in Antarctica makes sounds like organ music! Scientists found this is caused by wind passing through ice cavities.

Sea turtles lay up to 100 eggs at a time, counted in long-term observations.

The Earth’s core reaches a temperature of 6,000°C, comparable to the Sun’s surface, due to radioactive decay.

In 2015, a meteorite older than the Solar System was found in Antarctica. At 4.6 billion years old, it contains dust from another star. Scientists say it’s like a letter from space about the univ...

Climate models predict a 20% increase in hurricane frequency by 2100 due to climate change.

In 2022, a new spider species was found in Australia that jumps 2 meters. Called the “jumping hunter,” it hunts insects like a cat and can spot prey from 5 meters away thanks to its huge eyes!<...

Along the cliffs of Ireland, the Skellig Michael island, a 6th-century monastic site, perches 230 meters high. Monks lived in stone beehive huts. Star Wars filmed there in 2015.

Mount Etna erupts about 0.1 cubic kilometers of lava per century, measured by geologists.

Dolphins use echolocation with frequencies up to 200 kHz to detect prey in murky water.

In Africa, Lake Nyasa is so deep that fish living in it never see light. These species evolved in total darkness at depths over 700 meters. Scientists are still discovering new species in the lake!...